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Ramona and Beezus is a 2010 American family adventure comedy drama film adaptation based on the Ramona series of novels written by Beverly Cleary. [3] [4] It was directed by Elizabeth Allen, co-produced by Dune Entertainment, Di Novi Pictures, and Walden Media, written by Laurie Craig and Nick Pustay, and produced by Denise Di Novi and Alison Greenspan with music by Mark Mothersbaugh.
Beezus and Ramona is a 1955 children's novel written by Beverly Cleary. It is the first of Cleary's books to focus on Ramona Quimby and her sister Beatrice, known as Beezus . Beezus and Ramona is realistic fiction , written from nine-year-old Beezus's point of view, as she struggles to get along with her four-year-old sister.
The Ramona books are a series of eight children's novels by Beverly Cleary that center on Ramona Quimby, her family and friends. The first book, Beezus and Ramona, appeared in 1955. The final book, Ramona's World, was published in 1999.
Joey King plays Beezus' sister Ramona Quimby. The film is live action and was released in theaters on July 23, 2010. The film does not focus on just one book, it goes from one book to another. [1] In the 1988 Ramona TV show based on the Ramona books, Beezus is portrayed by Lori Chodos. [2]
Ramona Geraldine Quimby is a fictional character in an eponymous series of novels by Beverly Cleary, published from the 1950s to 1990s. [1] She first appears in the Henry Huggins series as the pestering younger sister of Henry's new best friend Beatrice, called "Beezus" by Ramona and her family.
Robert Quimby - Ramona and Beezus' father. Dorothy Quimby - Ramona and Beezus' mother. Howard "Howie" Kemp - Ramona's friend since nursery school in Beezus and Ramona, who becomes her cousin-in-law. Aunt Beatrice "Aunt Bea" - The girls' aunt and Dorothy's sister. First introduced in Beezus and Ramona, she is a third-grade teacher and marries ...
Ramona's World is Beverly Cleary's last published book. Ramona remains frozen at age 10, while her sister, Beezus, is 14 and just entering high school. Concerning what Ramona might have been like when she hit puberty, Cleary was happy to leave her as is before her puberty stage, which she considers a nightmare.
Cleary later launched a new series about one of the supporting characters, Ramona Quimby. The Ramona series ultimately surpassed the Henry Huggins series in popularity. Henry appeared only rarely in the Ramona series, as a supporting character. He was portrayed by Hutch Dano in the movie Ramona and Beezus.